Destination Personality – Researches

Destination Personality Trieste is coming to an end. It has been very interesting to analyse two different images of the city of Trieste. The project had a good spread all over the residents of the city, but it has been a bit challenging to reach enough tourists, that is why we decided to involve in the project not only those who have already been in Trieste, but also some other different targets. That is, we split the tourists’ survey in four different types: one for those who have visited the city, one for those who are planning to visit it, one for those who knows the city but are not planning to visit it and one for those who do ...

Destination Personality Trieste is coming to an end. It has been very interesting to analyse two different images of the city of Trieste. The project had a good spread all over the residents of the city, but it has been a bit challenging to reach enough tourists, that is why we decided to involve in the project not only those who have already been in Trieste, but also some other different targets. That is, we split the tourists’ survey in four different types: one for those who have visited the city, one for those who are planning to visit it, one for those who knows the city but are not planning to visit it and one for those who do ...

There are many connections between Ireland and Italy, but probably the bigger one is the most famous writer of Irish history. Indeed, James Joyce lived a third of his life in Dublin, and another third in Trieste. “When I die Dublin will be written in my hearth” Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882 and lived there until the 1904 when he left the Capital city for no specific reasons. He was involved in a fight and he had an argument with one of his best friends, these were probably the real reasons. He picked up Nora, his future wife and left the city forever. After a brief period in Zurich he went to Trieste, the city that ...

B-sm@rk is going to develop a Destination Personality research project on another destination in Italy, now is the time of Trieste to reveal its identity. During the whole 20th century Trieste has been the most literary city in Italy, indeed its fame has had an international echo. “Think you’re escaping and run into yourself, longest way round is the shortest way home” How you can find yourself? And which path you have to take to find it out? One of the most famous literary sentence about trip and identity was written in Trieste by the Irish eminent writer James Joyce, in reference to the greatest traveler of all time, right Ulysses. B-sm@rk as an Italian-Irish marketing company based ...

Brand new research focusing chinese tourists in Europe: Save and B-sm@rk presents “Venice Marco Polo” today, on occasion of the official opening of Eu-China tourism year 2018 in Venice. In july 2016 EU president Juncket and chinese premier Li Keqiang have annoounced 2018 as Eu-China tourism year (ECTY). The main objectives of this joint programme are the aim of increasing the number of chinese tourists in EU destinations, with special focus to millennials FIT (free independent travellers). They are expected to be the 75% of chinese outbound tourism in 2018 and drive the 55% consumers boost of chinese economy. They are counting ca 25% of chinese population, with about 400 million people born between 1980 and 1999 in the Contry. ...

B-sm@rk, an Irish-Italian company based in Dublin and specialized in destination research and marketing, is starting a new research project about the capital city of Bulgaria, Sofia, with a program called Destination Personality, in which the firm has much experience. The idea of this project was born via a collaboration between the company and a soon-to-be graduate at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Jasmin Arifi, studying Economics and Management, and now intern at b-sm@rk. It will be realized with the collaboration of local partners. The project aims at analyzing the perception that tourists in Sofia have of the city, before, during, or after their tours, alongside a general study of tourism in Sofia. The Destination Personality concept uses a method ...

Despite Northern Ireland and Ireland belong to the same Island there are some interesting perception differences when we talk about destination. We have observed in a new research how their main touristic attractions looks in terms of #DestinationPersonality. The main destinations that we’ve considered are Giant’s Causeway and Belfast for Northern Ireland, Cliffs of Moher and Dublin for Ireland. In this way, we balanced the naturalistic and the urban aspect of the two countries. We started analysing the travel motivations and we noticed some differences in the tourists’ response; we asked them to rate the four locations according to four factors: “Culture”, “Pleasure”, “Relaxation”, “Sport”. Belfast and Giant’s Causeway have the highest values concerning the cultural factor.Both the Cliffs ...

Since 2011, B-sm@rk, an Italian-Irish company has been developing research and technology based on consumer behaviour and marketing automation for travel, hospitality and brands. Through MySmark, a customer experience platform, the company provides research and digital marketing tools for online travel and commerce. The cornerstones of the company are the Brand and Destination Personality (BP and DP) tools and researches. The personality of a brand or a destination is identified by a set of human characteristics associated with that brand or destination (This concept is more and more important in marketing since, as we all well know emotions matters). The concept serves as a connector between tourists, travel brands and places. It can be used to improve the customer experience ...

Burano and its colorful houses, Murano and its antique art of glass, Lido and its International Film Festival… Each island somehow contributes to the uniqueness and magnificence of Venetian territories. Although rich of history and tradition, Venice islands are not enough valued and promoted, and the paradoxical touristic overcrowding of Venice city center versus the scarce flow of visits suffered by the islands is the proof of that. An experimental research has been conducted this year by b-sm@rk, an Italo-Irish company specialized in digital marketing, following a proposal from an intern native from Pellestrina who wanted to identify the main reasons of this circumstance. During this study, a sample of five significative islands (Burano, Murano, Pellestrina, Giudecca and Lido) has ...

Everything started with a collaboration among Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice) and b-sm@rk (Italo-Irish marketing company). Thanks to trust and teamwork, always present in this market research project, here we are with interesting and catching news. Sounds exciting? Keep reading! First of all, a survey is not such if we do not have human contribution. So, we start thanking everyone who has dedicated some of his/her precious time to complete the questionnaire, helping us in our innovative research. You are the main actors in this play, and you represent all PGC visitors! So let’s start form you, let’s start from the description of our international sample. This may not be surprising news if you have already ...

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